* The management report of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, has been combined with the Group management report and published in both our 2015 Annual Report and our Annual Financial Statements. The authoritative German versions of the annual financial statements and the combined management report of the Group and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, for 2015 have been led with the electronic German Federal Gazette and are available on the website of the German company register.